Index-frame.



H. l. HICK.

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To all whom t may coofwern:` f

Be it known that lI, HARRY J. HICK, a

citizenof the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county ofStarkand yStatelof Ohio, have invented certain newY andvusefulImprovements in Index-Frames, of :which the following is a specication.f

The invention relates tov frames for holding a'plurality of index cardsfor use in connection with filing appliances andthe like, and the objectof the improvement is to construct the frame inl such amanner that thecards can be readily inserted, and when inserted willbe securedyretained therein; and from which the cards can be readily removed forshifting to another 'positionfor' for cancellation; without the use ofspecial tools or appliances for inserting or removing the cards. e

The objects of the invention thus briefly stated, are attained bymounting a plurality of parallel stiff'- wires or round rods upon theface of a backplate, which is preferably made of sheet metal having aplurality of rows of spaced eyes or loops struck up from the bodythereof for receivingy and holding the wires or rods in contact with theface of the plate.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated as embodiedinv an index frame provided with hinge members on one edge for mountingin av filing appliance of the hingedframe type, in which embodiment ofthe improvement the index cards are Similarnumerals refer to similarpart throughout the drawings.

The frame includes the back plate 1 which is preferably made of sheetmetal and is provided with suitable stifening ribs 2, 2aL and 2b on itsrims or edges for holding the plate i y will be understood thatl theroundness of the in a fiat plane.

A plurality of loops 3 are cut along the sides and struck forwardfromthe body of section'onVv linger or finger nail; Vit

Patented oct?. 8,1918.

Application fue@ June`1`5, 191e.` s'erilnoiiosgva the plate to' formithe x eyes Llgforreceiving and holdingfthe round stiff wires' orgrods 5upon, the face of the plate. f Y The eyeloops 3 arevarranged in parallelvertical rows'on the face of the plate and are spacedapartto form aseries of parallel rows 1' of laterally alined eyes ljinto which thewires or rods 5 areentered by beinginserted endwise from one side of theframe to the other; andthewires or rods are pref erably cut to lengthsequalto the distance between the rim' ribs 24 on the ends of the frame.Itw'ill'be understoodthat the wires or rods arefinserted intheeyesbefore at least one of these end ribs is secured to the frame,afterwhich the'lend ribsretain7`the the transverse wires or rods whichare mounted on the face of the plate. Thecylindrical surfaces of thewires or rods form dovetail grooves in conjunction with the face of theplate for receiving the opposite longi-ftudinal edges ofthe flexibleindex cards 7 inserted in the recessed facets, formed by the wires, andit is evident that the index cards may be readily secured in said facetsby merely entering one longitudinal edge of a card in the dove-tailgroove formed by the roundness of one wireV and the face of the plate,and then pressing the other longitudinal edge. into the opposingdovetail groove formed by the roundness of the other wirev and the faceof the plate, which is readily done by the mere pressure of ones f beingunderstood that the index cards are formedof suitable length and widthto neatly enter the re cessed facets and to be retained in position bythe dovetail grooves formed between the ywires and the face ofthe backplate.

For removing an index card it is only necessary to insert the nger nailunderneath one corner or end of the card, or preferably the point of Vapen knife blade may be used for this purpose, as shown in Fig. 4f;V andthe recessed facet formed by thewires. It

retaining wires permits ythe longitudinal Y the cardV can then bereadily removed from edges of the index cards tobe entered and l removedfrom the dovetail recesses forme underneath the sides of the wireswithout mutilating or tearing the edges of the cards, so that the samecan be removed from one recess and inserted in another withoutdestroying the card.

I claim:-

l. A frame for index cards including ka sheet metal back plate, aplurality of rows of laterally alined eye-loops struck from the body ofthe plate, and a plurality of spaced parallel round rods mounted in theeyes of the loops upon the ieee of the plate.

2., A frame for index cards including a sheet metal `back plate, aplurality of eyeloops struck from the body of the plate, and a pluralityof spaced round rods mounted in the eyes of the loops upon the face ofthe plate. l

3. A frame for index cards including a back plate, a plurality of rowsof eye-loops on the face of the plate, and a plurality of parallel roundrods mounted in the eyes O the loops upon the face of the plate.

' loops on the face of the `plate and a plurality of round rods 'mountedin the eyes of the loops upon the face of the plate.

v5. A frame for index cards including a 30 back plate, a yplurality ofeye-loops'struck up from the surface of the plate and a plurality ofrOdS'IIlQllllted in the eyes of the loops upon the face of the plate forreceiving index cards between them. 4 3

6. A frame for index cards including a back plate, and a plurality ofspaced parallel llound rods mounted on and in contact with the face ofthe plate.

7. ,A frame comprising a back-plate, round 4 rods secured thereto inparallel relation with each other, and flexible indicia adapted toextend between the rods so that their edges will extend into'thegradually diminishingr slots between the rods and the 'back-plate and 4be thereby secured against sidewise displacenient.

' HARRY J. HICK.

Copies of this,k patent'may be obtained for five cents each,byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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